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14/08/25
14/08/25
Legal tech company Afriwise acquires LawExplorer and boosts regulatory intelligence in Africa

Afriwise, Africa’s fastest-growing legal-intelligence platform founded by Belgian lawyer Steven De Backer, has acquired LawExplorer, South Africa’s most established provider of reg…

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04/08/25
04/08/25
Promotion at DALDEWOLF

DALDEWOLF is pleased to announce the promotion of Lucie MARCHAL to the position of Counsel in the European Union Law team.

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04/07/25
04/07/25
Goodwin Expands Global Antitrust and EU Regulatory Footprint with New Brussels Office

Goodwin has opened a new office in Brussels, the epicenter for EU policy, legislation and enforcement. Together with Goodwin’s existing US and UK-based Antitrust and Competition t…

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06/10/25
EU deforestation regulation (EUDR) proposed delay: What busi…

On 23 September 2025, the European Commission announced its plan to postpon…

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29/09/25
Constitutional Court clips the wings of the Belgian Cayman T…

Key elements of Belgium’s Cayman Tax 2.1 annulled, enhancing legal certaint…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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25/04/17
Stock options and management companies: new circular letter published

Recently, the Belgian tax administration has published a new circular letter (Circular letter 2017/C/21 dd. 13 April 2017) in relation …

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20/04/17
Reduced VAT rate of 12% for private investments in social housing

In order to address the shortage of social housing, the Federal Government has introduced, as from 1 January 2017, a new reduced VAT rate of 12% which…

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20/04/17
Newsflash Corporate Leaders

Ce flash info contient des informations juridiques et fiscales récentes destinées aux administrateurs, managers, actionnaires ou investisseurs qui son…

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20/04/17
Fiscale tolerantie voor Corsan-gedupeerden

In een vorig artikel hebben wij reeds meegegeven dat Filmhuis Corsan een WCO-procedure had opgestart, die uiteindelijk is uitgemond in een f…

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14/04/17
Informal tax practice regarding stock options and personal service companies now prohibited, but tolerated for…

Yesterday, on 13 April, a circular letter (Dutch/French) was issued by the Belgian General Tax Administration that puts an end to a discussion that ha…

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13/04/17
Waarom de automatische gegevensuitwisseling tot een fiscaal bloedbad zou kunnen leiden

"Voor Belgen die hun vermogen in het buitenland verbergen zal de temperatuur vanaf dit jaar sneller stijgen dan ooit tevoren"

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13/04/17
Transfer taxes in case of cancellation of a sale agreement – Status in the three Regions

Following the Flemish and Walloon Regions, Brussels finally introduced the possibility to cancel an agreement related to the transfer of a real estate…

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10/04/17
Hotel City Tax in Brussels

In our last Real Estate Quarterly, we mentioned the transfer of the current “City Tax” from the Municipalities to the Region for harmonisation purpose…

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07/04/17
Enhanced competition enforcement: recent European Commission initiatives

The European Commission is determined to enhance competition law enforcement within the EU. In March 2017, the competition watchdog issued a proposal …

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05/04/17
Introductie UBO-register

Op 20 mei 2015 werd de vierde anti-witwasrichtlijn aangenomen door het Europees Parlement en de Raad. In uitvoering van deze Europese maatregel heeft…

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05/04/17
Vlaanderen: afstand van erfrechtelijk vruchtgebruik onderworpen aan schenkbelasting

In een recent gepubliceerde ruling (nr. 17001 dd. 23.01.2017) spreekt VLABEL zich uit over een verzaking van erfrechtelijk vruchtgebrui…

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04/04/17
Belgian approval for the Multilateral Agreement on Exchange of Financial Account Information

On 23 March 2017, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft bill which implements the multilateral competent authority agreement on the a…

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04/04/17
Interne meerwaarden – ongewenste neveneffecten nieuwe regels volstort kapitaal ?

Met ingang van 1 januari 2017 zijn de regels gewijzigd met betrekking tot de vorming van volstort kapitaal bij inbreng van aandelen (Programmawet…

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03/04/17
EU Commission not bound by fine range proposed during settlement discussions when company withdraws from settl…

On 12 January 2017, the Court of Justice dismissed the appeal of Timab and its parent company Roullier and confirmed the fine of almost EUR 60 million…

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29/03/17
Siemens files EU notification of planned merger with Spanish wind-turbine maker Gamesa

Siemens has filed the notification of its planned merger between its wind-power business unit and the Spanish wind-turbine maker Gamesa before the Eur…

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28/03/17
Internationale tewerkstelling en de 183 dagen regel – Tellen privédagen nog steeds mee?

Als een inwoner van het ene land, (ook) werkt in een ander land, rijst de vraag in welk land zijn loon belastbaar is.

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24/03/17
New Tax Deduction for Income from Innovation

On 2 February 2017, the House of Representatives adopted a bill providing for a new tax deduction for income from innovation. The new rules entered in…

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23/03/17
Aftrek innovatie-inkomsten

Op de ministerraad van 2 december 2016 bereikten de regeringspartijen een akkoord over een nieuwe aftrek voor innovatie-inkomsten. Deze is tot stand g…

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20/03/17
Btw en samenwerkingsverbanden - impact van de gewijzigde regels voor kostendelende verenigingen

Er bestaan tal van samenwerkingsvormen waarbij ondernemingen, zelfstandigen en vrije beroepen hun activiteiten groeperen. Deze samenwerkingsvormen kun…

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20/03/17
Stricter penalties in the food sector: European Parliament adopts new rules on official controls

On 15 March 2017, the European Parliament adopted a codified legislation on official controls, which tightens rules on financial penalties, establishe…

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